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15th–17th centuries

Looting of the Judengasse by the rioters of Vincenz Fettmilch

1614·Francfort

Toll
2

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houses forced, community driven from the city

Vincenz Fettmilch, a gingerbread merchant, led a revolt of the guilds of Frankfurt against the city's patriciate. Unable to reach the council, the rioters forced their way into the Judengasse, pillaged the houses, and drove the community out beyond the walls.

The Emperor crushed the revolt, had Fettmilch hanged, and solemnly returned the Jews to their street, beneath the imperial eagle painted on the gate of the quarter. The community instituted a day of fasting and a day of thanksgiving that it observed until the twentieth century. It is one of the rare cases in which a power punished the murderers and restored the victims.

Period :
15th–17th centuries
Type :
Pogrom
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

Chroniques de Francfort ; Poliakov, Histoire de l'antisémitisme.

At the same place7

  1. 1241« Judenschlacht »~180
  2. 1349Black Death Massacresinconnu
  3. 1511Seizure of Hebrew books, before Reuchlin's interventiontoll not established
  4. 1614-1615Fettmilch riotsquelques morts
  5. août 1819« Hep-Hep » Riotsinconnu
  6. 9-10 nov. 1938Kristallnacht in Frankfurtbilan non établi
  7. 19 oct. 1941First convoy departed from Frankfurtbilan non établi

In the same country298

  1. 1012Expulsion of the community by Henri II; Gershom ben Juda, "light of the exile", loses his son there, forcibly convertedtoute la communauté
  2. 1096Massacres of the First Crusade in the Rhineland~800 à Worms, ~1 000 à Mayence ; total 5 000-12 000
  3. 18 et 25 mai 1096Two massacres~800
  4. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  5. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  6. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  7. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  8. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée

And 290 more in the catalogue.

Event 769 of 2483, in chronological order · 15th–17th centuries: 278 events in the catalogue

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